goodbye to goodness

well, it's our last night here in tokyo. i know i haven't posted for a while, but i really wanted some time to just chillax and take it easy. i didn't really end up doing that, but at least i got away from the computer for a while, which was nice.
our last week or so in tokyo has gone so fast. still, i'm one hundred percent sure that we could not have crammed any more into our trip, which leaves me satisfied, and exhausted. i'll miss lots of different things about japan, that i don't even know yet. i'll miss the beer in vending machines, the warm electric toilet seats, the lovely helpful people that don't even know what you're asking, the neon lights, unhelpful sounds, and the automated and sensor activated everything. japan was interesting to me while i was living in australia, and after exploring this country, it's still just as interesting. we've seen so much since we've been here that i'm not sure it's all registered yet. it will, and i'll love it. of that much, i'm sure. i really hope i get to come back to japan at some stage in my life and experience all it's craziness, interestingness and amazingness again. my english had suffered, but my japanese is worse, and people have seemed to like that. ahhh japan.
we fly off to the uk tomorrow for the next leg of our "world super power tour". not sure what will happen, but that's fine with me. got plenty of couches to take in, and friends to catch up with, so it really doesn't matter.


the guy on his bike, with the orange helmet is my favourite. although, the happy guy in the white hat on the right, seems, well, happy? yes that's it.


this tron influenced bridge was a five minute bike ride from our building.


on my last day in japan, i put on a puppet show for about ten kids, at james and tamaki's school. the play was rich in plot, but the production budget left the cast crying into martinis in the green room. most of the cast are now doing panto in england.


poised in a cat-like-state-of-readiness, i grabbed a piece of sushi. it happened more than once during the trip.


the view from 2211 was amazing. i only found tonight that nj said, on clear day, he saw mount fuji.